Ep177: Becoming A Spiritual Teacher - Amoda Maa 2
Amoda Maa is a spiritual teacher and author of books such as ‘Embodied Enlightenment’ and ‘Falling Open in a World Falling Apart’.
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Amoda Maa shares her experience of falling into the abyss of emptines and the consequences that followed. She describes the dark night of the soul that preceded this experience, and how its aftermath healed her childhood abandonment trauma.
Amoda Maa also talks about the life of a spiritual teacher, how she went from living an ascetic life of anonymity in the English countryside to moving to America to become a well known teacher, and shares her observations of the boys’ club dynamic in the spiritual teaching scene.
Amoda Maa also recounts relearning relationship after her enlightenment when she met her now husband, and discusses the feminine frequency of awakening and how that relates to the inner marriage.
Topics include:
00:00 - Intro
00:56 - Falling into the abyss of emptiness
03:56 - After awakening, living from the unknown
08:07 - Purification of relationship with mother
11:53 - Dark night of the soul, abandoned by God
19:20 - Recognising avoidance, the moment of enlightenment
24:11 - Healing of abandonment
26:05 - Changes in relationship with others
28:02 - Spiritual openness vs learning to say ‘no’ to others
34:15 - Meeting a new partner, and a new way of relationship
37:58 - Thoughts and narratives
41:35 - Being in relationship with an enlightened person
45:05 - Abiding goodness
49:52 - First book publishing period
55:19 - Invited to speak and purifying self-consciousness
57:06 - Learning to speak from enlightenment, not about it
59:41 - Change your life, change your world
01:02:28 - Living like an ascetic for 12 years
01:08:37 - Encountering the term ‘non duality’
01:12:31 - Teaching career launched on BATGAP and at SAND
01:18:04 - The American non-duality scene
01:22:29. Feminine face of awakening vs the boys’ club of spiritual teachers
01:25:41 - The feminine frequency of awakening
01:27:22 - The patriarchy is over
01:28:56 - Inner marriage
01:29:35 - The boys club and suppression of women
01:33:28 - The flow of life
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